Machine for forming turndown or rolled collars



(No Model.)

B. MARTZ. MACHINE FOR FORMING TURNDOWN OR ROLLED COLLARS. No. 526,246. Patented Sept. 18, 1894.

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PATENT OFFICE.

RANDOLPH N. MARTZ, OF FREDERICK, MARYLAND. V

MACHINE FOR FORMING TURNDOWN ORROLLED COLLARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 526,246, dated September 18, 1894.

Application filed J'uly 9,18%. Serial No. 516,973- (No model.)

To all whom it mayconoern:

Be it known that I, RANDOLPH N. MARTZ,

a citizen of the United States, residing at sive machine in which the heated iron or former is movable and under the immediate control of the operator to force it toward the padded collar supporter, and the latter is retained adj ustably at any desired angle to the heated iron, and thus adapted to transfer the pressure of the heated iron to the collar either at the bend close to the band as in ordinary turn down collars, or away from said bend as in rolled collars wherein the bend at the top has a wide roll away from the band or the collars of negligee shirts. I attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the iron former and supporting pad mounted upon an arm adjustably clamped to the frame. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the pad and its sheet metal support.

In said drawings A represents a table or bench upon which the machine is placed and secured by bolts b passing through thebottom flange of the two side frames B. Said frames are united together at a short, distance above their base by bolts b passing through washers b that keep them separated. The frames B are also connected together at their upper ends by a bolt 0 upon which is pivoted a lever 0 located between said frames. To the front face of said lever is attached the stem or handle (1 of the iron or collar former D, by means of bolts or screws d passing through said handle and entering said front face of the lever. The iron former D is substantially cylindrical, its curvature corresponding substantially to the curvature to be formed on the collars. Said former D is hollow and has a bottom upon which charcoal may be ignited to heat it, although it is pref erable to heat it by the flame of gas jets issuing from a pipe 6 having its lower end within the former D, said pipe being retained in proper position by a clamping sleeve 6 secured to the handle at by one of the screws 01 To the rear end of the lever O is pivoted at 0 one end of a rod f, that is adjustably connected with the rear end of a treadle G, by means of a tubular rod F. The lower end of the rod f, is received within the upper end of the rod F, said upper end being slitted longitudinally for a short distance and screw threaded, has placed thereon a nut f to compress the slitted portions against the rod f and retain the parts adj ustably united. The treadle is pivoted at g on asuitable stand 9 To support the collar. intended to be given a proper form by the iron D, a-pad h of textile material is firmly supported in the rear of said iron D. The top and bottom edges of the pad h are sewed to the top and bottom edgesof a sheet metal plate '5 that has small perforations near said edges for the passage of the threads used in the sewing. The pad 71. backed by its plate '5 is placed within a semi-circular cavity formed in the front end of an arm K, and the ends of the plate e' are outwardly bent over the edges of said cavity and secured to said arm by screws 1?. The rear portion of the arm K is flat, and is received between the two side frames B to which it is pivoted at k. In the rear of said pivot is the arm K is adjustably clamped to the frames B by means of a bolt m passing through said lever and through curved slots b formed in the frames B, a washer being preferably placed between the head of said bolt and the face of the frame. 7

By having the iron D adapted to be moved and forced within the concavity of the supporting pad, a proper form is given to the collar, and by having the angle or inclination of the pad adjustable relatively to the inclination given to the iron D, the operator is enabled to subject the collar to the, greatest amount of pressure on any desired line thereof. For example for turned down collars the pressure can be substantially uniform on its whole surface by clamping the pad car-.

their junction, the rear end of the arm K is.

to be tilted down even more than as shown in Fig. 1.

Having now fully described my invention,

I claim-:-

1. In a collar forming machine the combination of a frame, a lever G pivoted to said frame, an iron collar former secured to said pivoted lever, a treadle, and a connecting rod uniting saidtreadle with the lever O, with a pad, a pad carrying arm pivoted to the frame, and means to clamp said arm adjustably to the frame substantially as described.

2. In a collar forming machine the combination of a frame a lever C pivoted to said frame, and an iron collar former secured to said pivoted lever, with an arm K pivoted to and adjustably secured to the frame, a sheet metal pad-backing i secured to the arm K and provided with perforations along its edges and a pad h sewed to the pad backing t,substantially.asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of witnesses.

RANDOLPH N. MARTZ.

Witnesses:

MARSHALL FOUT, A. E. HEIDLER, AARON ROSENSTOCK. 

